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There are some things you should know about the Platypus:
The word Platypus, comes from the Greek Platypus, which does not change at all, is a mixture of duck, beak and duck. It is a very strange name, when a drawing was presented after their discovery they thought it was a lie, people thought it was a duck-headed beaver, they were more surprised to learn that it was a mammal and lay eggs, being the only mammal that Lay eggs They live all along the east coast of Australia, also in tropical forests and mountains and the Australian Alps.
As the area where they live is not extensive it is easy to find them, they are night hunters, it is not yet known how many people live. It is one of the few mammals that produces venom, its legs have a very powerful poison even to kill a dog, if it is a spotted platypus presses with your claw, you would suffer from a very horrible pain, because of that to study them is better Better hold them in the tail.
Platypus are carnivorous and feed on worms, larvae and some squid found in the water, they are good swimmers, they can only submerge from 30 to 140 seconds, since they can die drowned, to hunt they use their electroreception, they have sensors in Its peak which allows it to detect the electrical movements that make the muscles of its prey when they move, that way the electro-locates and they know where they are. It's as if you could detect someone's presence by a blink.
The front legs of the Platypus have a special tissue between the toes, which serve a lot for swimming, but not when walking as they should do so using their knuckles to avoid damaging the special fabric. In addition, they produce milk for the offspring from the skin. The pups suck through the special hairs presented by the mammals platypus.
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images:
http://unpaseoporlazoologia.blogspot.com/2012/02/el-ornitorrinco-veneno-deteccion-de.html
http://animalcare.com.mx/6-datos-sorprendentes-sobre-el-ornitorrinco/
http://www.planetacurioso.com/2014/03/21/10-curiosidades-del-excepcional-ornitorrinco/